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Martha Simmons (Shepherd)

Also Known As: "Elizabeth Boynton"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Taunton, Plymouth Colony
Death: September 12, 1701 (52-53)
Freetown, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Shepherd and Elizabeth Shepard
Wife of John Simmons, of Freetown
Mother of John Simmons; Mary Burt - Makepeace; Remembrance Simmons; Edward Simmons; Mercy Chase and 8 others
Sister of Samuel Shepherd; John Shephard; Solomon Shepherd, Sr.; Elizabeth Brown and Elizabeth Shepard
Half sister of Israel Shepherd

Managed by: John H. Nye
Last Updated:

About Martha Simmons

Martha Shephard married John Simmons in 1667.

Notes "It was my understanding that John Simmons and Martha Shepard are NOT related to Moses Simmons, but John is a separate line. ( I might be wrong, or possibly this line is confused, or disputed)" (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SIMMONS/2008-01/11997...)


https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/9CFM-25Y/martha-shepherd-1649...

Martha Shepherd
2 January 1649–12 September 1701 (Age 52)
Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America

The Life Summary of Martha

When Martha Shepherd was born on 2 January 1649, in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, her father, William Shepherd, was 16 and her mother, Martha, was 18. She married John Simmons in 1668, in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 12 September 1701, in Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Spouse

John Simmons
Male
1644–1711

Male

Martha Shepherd
Female
1649–1701

Female
Marriage
1668
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America

Children
(10)

John Simmons
Male
1668–1749

Male

Mary Simmons
Female
1669–1698

Female

Remembrance Simmons
Male
1670–1731

Male

Edward Simmons
Male
1672–1758

Male

Mercy Simmons
Female
1675–1768

Female

Martha Simmons
Female
1677–1749

Female

Abraham Simmons
Male
1679–1749

Male

Deliverance Simmons
Female
1681–1734

Female

Sarah Simmons
Female
1687–Deceased

Female

Abigail Simmons
Female
1687–Deceased

Female

Parents

William Shepherd
Male
1633–1700

Male

Martha
Female
1631–1700

Female

Siblings
(1)

Martha Shepherd
Female
1649–1701

Female

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Martha Simmons's Timeline

1648
1648
Taunton, Plymouth Colony
1667
March 16, 1667
Dighton, Plymouth Colony
1669
1669
Portsmouth, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
1670
1670
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
1672
1672
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
1675
1675
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
1677
1677
Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony
1677
Massachusetts, United States
1679
1679
Taunton, Plymouth Colony